But once parliament is in session, members of the opposition could be bought off with promises of money or positions.
At the first session, members had to swear allegiance to the constitution — a constitution that, paradoxically, they had been elected to help rewrite.
Two weeks after the session, members of the active group felt better, on average, about their social relations than seventy-three per cent of those in the control group.
Twice during the post-match interview session, members of the Australian team applauded O'Toole as she sat at the other end of the table.
During a recent session, members formed a sitting circle, perched on low wooden stools and placed their hands on their hearts, swaying as they sang a communal tune.
Last week during a parliamentary session, members of Golden Dawn shouted at their Socialist colleagues, calling them thieves who had stolen from the country for 20 years.
Despite a round-the-clock weekend negotiating session, members of the House of Representatives ignored a last-ditch appeal from George Bush by rejecting the rescue scheme on an initial count by 228 votes to 205.
Under the amendment, adopted by Parliament at 3 a.m. after an 18-hour emergency session, members of the Czech Television Council will be nominated by nongovernmental organizations and appointed by Parliament.
At each session, members present a feminist topic of interest, "with the purpose of helping other students discover something new [about feminism] that they wouldn't see without 'feminist lenses,'" says Gao.
"When court was in session, members of the Protestant church the principal and his family attended rallied outside the courthouse," said Park Chan-dong, a human rights advocate who campaigned for the children.
In the previous session, members of Iraqiya appeared to backpedal from televised threats to boycott Parliament over a dispute with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and his political bloc.
